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downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. Former US President Donald Trump appeared before the New York State Supreme Court in a civil fraud trial. Maansi Srivastava via Getty Images Trump’s lawyers are battling with prosecutors this week over a gag order issued in the hush money case.Legal experts told BI how judges could respond to President Trump’s continued challenges to the executive order.In extreme cases, Trump could be jailed if he continues to overstep his bounds, experts said. President Trump has been playing with fire recently with his social media posts.As his defense…
downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward facing corner. The author and his teenage daughter. Ulrike Lenmin Wolfley Ulrike Lenmin Wolfley and her husband were living as expatriates in the Middle East and raising their children.When my daughter became a teenager and started drinking, I was worried that she would get into trouble in Dubai.She left Dubai to give her daughter a “normal” teenage life. My husband and I were sitting outside our house. dubai, ignoring the noises coming from the teenagers partying inside. They were shaking cocktails with smuggled alcohol. We were making sure they…
33 minutes agoChina’s factory activity expands in March, unexpectedly China’s factory activity expanded in March, ending a five-month streak of contraction and surprising expectations.The country’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index stood at 50.8, according to official data.This is a smaller number than the 49.1 in February and the 49.9 expected in a Reuters poll.Separately, the non-manufacturing PMI rose to 53.0 from 51.4 in January.— Lim Huijie33 minutes agoChina’s factory activity expands in March, unexpectedly China’s factory activity expanded in March, ending a five-month streak of contraction and surprising expectations.The country’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index stood at 50.8, according to official data.This…
Written by Tom Espiner & Lucy HookerBBC news6 hours agoimage source, Getty ImagesThe government-set minimum wage, known as the National Living Wage, has risen by more than £1 for the first time, a welcome boost for 2.7 million low-paid workers.The key pay rate will rise from £10.42 to £11.44 an hour and will apply to workers aged 21 and over, rather than those aged 23 and over.Tax rates applicable to young workers would also rise.But some companies argue that rising labor costs will make it harder to keep prices down.A full-time adult worker paid at the minimum wage can expect…
Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Let’s join this fight. Become a member Support us just once Below is the March 26, 2024 edition of the Ukraine Business Roundup Weekly Newsletter.Subscribe to get the biggest business and technology news from Ukraine straight to your inbox here.Over the past week, Russian attacks have targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, affecting nearly all major energy producers in the country and causing power outages for approximately 1.5 million people.Ukrainian state-owned company Ukrhydroenergo says the Dnipro hydropower plant in Zaporizhzhya has been hit several times, destroying all units, and it could take 18 to 24 months…
5 secrets behind airfare declines in 2023 and why business class is a bargain right now by Gary Leff March 31, 2024 We often hear that airfares are going up. These are the same stories about people taking on more credit card debt than ever and the price of eggs. Must be adjusted for inflation. Even though the price of a flight ticket is higher, the actual cost of air travel is lower. Interestingly, business class fares to Europe are both nominally and actually falling. According to data from Cirium, U.S. domestic airfare prices have increased by 9% compared to…
Worry often kept Gary Lim up at night, but the former entrepreneurship professor has developed a way to stop nagging worries from stealing his peace of mind. Lim’s answer is, “Knock out the worry!” Lim said the online course aims to teach people who worry too much how to control their worries so they can worry less and enjoy life more. This course, delivered through his six video lessons on the platform Thinkific, teaches people who struggle with anxiety how to recognize the causes of anxiety, cope with anxiety, and build routines to control anxiety. It is intended for teaching…
The uproar at NBC over Ronna McDaniel’s very brief career as a political commentator may seem unrelated to Donald Trump’s adventure in selling MAGA-branded Bibles. But both tell the same story. It’s about how Trump is distorting our nation’s core institutions.In NBC’s case, the issue with McDaniel’s hiring wasn’t that she was the Republican National Committee chair or that she was a conservative. In fact, MSNBC, now the station’s staunchly anti-Trump cable arm (I should say I happily worked there as a paid contributor for several years), has become increasingly popular, especially in 2016, when the station boasted It had…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) called former President Trump’s sale of branded Bibles a “dangerous business” given his life of sin, calling the former president over the deal. further intensified the criticism.Warnock, the pastor who delivered the Easter sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, on Sunday, said selling Bibles goes against the tenets of the religion.”The Bible doesn’t need Donald Trump’s support,” Warnock said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” dana bash on sunday. “During the last week of his life, Jesus drove out the temple of money changers who took sacred…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) called former President Trump’s sale of branded Bibles a “dangerous business” given his life of sin, calling the former president over the deal. further intensified the criticism. Warnock, the pastor who delivered the Easter sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, on Sunday, said selling Bibles goes against the tenets of the religion. “The Bible doesn’t need Donald Trump’s support,” Warnock said in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union”‘s Dana Bash on Sunday. “During the last week of his life, Jesus drove out the temple of money changers who…